Draft: IPL Draft - Completed!

Bevab · May 27, 2020

I have been wanting to do this for quite sometime and as they say, better late than never.

This draft is based almost entirely on the layer cake draft that @Aislabie ran quite successfully a few weeks ago with the theme being the IPL. Why IPL? It was obvious that the novel concept would quite successfully apply itself to the theme of IPL as two of the central ideas were easily applicable to the league. The draft will proceed in four layers which are

Layer One: Icon Player

You nominate one Indian player as your franchise's icon player. This player will be yours to keep no matter what unless someone else happens to nominate him too, in which case he becomes ineligible for the remainder of this draft and neither of you gets him. This will replicate the original idea of franchises choosing an icon player in the inaugural season from the state that they were based in.

Layer Two: Rejected Players

This is where you nominate eight players who will not be available in the remaining rounds. You could reject both Indian and overseas players. Do you reject overseas players who were duds in the IPL or Indians similar to your icon player? But most importantly, these players will not be available to you in...

Yusuf Pathan - @Aislabie / @VC the slogger

Shikhar Dhawan - @ahmedleo414

Rohit Sharma - @ahmedleo414 / @Na Maloom Afraad

Mayank Agarwal - @ahmedleo414

Virat Kohli - @Na Maloom Afraad

Ravindra Jadeja - @Na Maloom Afraad

Ravichandran Ashwin - @Na Maloom Afraad

Ashoke Dinda - @Nilay_60 / @CerealKiller / @Bigby Wolf

Santhakumar Sreesanth - @Nilay_60

Amit Mishra - @VC the slogger / @Nilay_60

Munaf Patel - @CerealKiller

Parwinder Awana - @CerealKiller

Ramesh Powar - @CerealKiller

Stuart Binny - @CerealKiller

Vinay Kumar - @CerealKiller

Ishant Sharma - @CerealKiller

Varun Aaron - @Bigby Wolf

Mohammad Kaif - @Bigby Wolf

Cheteshwar Pujara - @Bigby Wolf

KC Cariappa - @Bigby Wolf

VVS Laxman - @Bigby Wolf

Ajinkya Rahane - @VC the slogger

Suresh Raina - @VC the slogger

Irfan Pathan - @VC the slogger

Layer Three: The Auction

This is the part where you nominate four overseas players to go into the lottery that is the auction. You cannot nominate anyone who you rejected previously which means that pulling a Panesar is not possible. Any player that is nominated by two or more people will be unavailable to those who nominated him. Do you take the risk and nominate a bunch of flops believing that they will not be back to haunt you? Or do you nominate a star even if there is a risk that he might not end up in your side as others have done the same?

More detailed analysis here.

@Bevab - Lot #1

Paul Collingwood

Shakib Al Hasan

Mitchell Johnson

Nathan Rimmington

@Aislabie - Lot #2

Eoin Morgan

Shahid Afridi

Sohail Tanvir

Michael Neser

@Na Maloom Afraad - Lot #3

Matthew Hayden

Roelof van der Merwe

Shoaib Akhtar

Umar Gul

@Akshay. - Lot #4

Andre Russell
Rilee Rossouw
Kevon Cooper
Jason Holder

@CerealKiller - Lot #5

Albie Morkel

Brett Lee

Ashley Noffke

Abdur Razzak

@ahmedleo414 - Lot #6

Nuwan Zoysa
Akila Dananjaya
Tim Southee
Yusuf Abdulla

@Nilay_60 - Lot #7

Adam Gilchrist

Colin Ingram

Peter Handscomb

Lasith Malinga

@Bigby Wolf - Lot #8

Chris Lynn
Rob Quiney
Tatenda Taibu
Shaun Pollock

@VC the slogger - Lot #9

Layer Four: The Recovery Draft

This is where you will receive the chance to fix the mess that your owners in the auction have left you with. No one from the rejected list is eligible to be picked here and it will be a regular, ordered draft from worst to best. You will only select Indian players in accordance with the overseas rule of the league.

@ahmedleo414 - Gautam Gambhir
@CerealKiller- Shreyas Gopal
@VC the slogger - Shubman Gill
@Aislabie - Hardik Pandya
@Bigby Wolf - Anil Kumble
@Nilay_60 - Nitish Rana
@Akshay. - Shreyas Iyer
@Bevab - Yuzvendra Chahal
@Na Maloom Afraad - Dinesh Karthik
@ahmedleo414 - Robin Uthappa
@CerealKiller - Sanju Samson
@VC the slogger - Piyush Chawla
@Aislabie - Krunal Pandya
@Bigby Wolf - Ambati Rayudu
@Nilay_60 - Abhishek Sharma
@Akshay. - Harbhajan Singh
@Bevab - Suryakumar Yadav
@Na Maloom Afraad - Rahul Dravid
@ahmedleo414 - Yuvraj Singh
@CerealKiller - Prithvi Shaw
@VC the slogger - LATE
@Aislabie - Wriddhiman Saha
@Bigby Wolf - Ashish Nehra
@Nilay_60 - Zaheer Khan
@Akshay. - Deepak Chahar
@Bevab - Sandeep Sharma
@Na Maloom Afraad - Vijay Shankar
@ahmedleo414 - Axar Patel
@CerealKiller - Karun Nair
@VC the slogger - LATE
@Aislabie - Manan Vohra
@Bigby Wolf - Murali Vijay
@Nilay_60 - Bipul Sharma
@Akshay. - Ishan Kishan
@Bevab - Rahul Tripathi
@Na Maloom Afraad - Mohammad Shami
@ahmedleo414 - Washington Sundar
@CerealKiller - Manoj Tiwary
@VC the slogger - LATE
@Aislabie - Amit Singh
@Bigby Wolf - Rajat Bhatia
@Nilay_60 - Rahul Chahar
@Akshay. - Sarfaraz Khan
@Bevab - Saurabh Tiwary
@Na Maloom Afraad - Subramaniam Badrinath
@ahmedleo414 - Pawan Negi
@CerealKiller - Shivam Dube
@VC the slogger - LATE
@Aislabie - Mandeep Singh
@Bigby Wolf - Kedar Jadhav
@Nilay_60 - RP Singh
@Akshay. - Rahul Sharma
@Bevab - Riyan Parag
@Na Maloom Afraad

Signups:

Despite being a fairly niche theme I am hoping for around eight signups due to the interesting concept, although a number on either side of that target might not hurt either. Given that the theme is the IPL, only stats from the IPL will count as to the strengths of your teams so someone like Maxwell who is a renowned T20 star but has flattered to deceive in the IPL barring one season may not be the wisest choice. 563 players have played a game in the IPL until now and all of them will be eligible.

Aislabie · May 27, 2020

I am absolutely in for this

Na Maloom Afraad · May 27, 2020

Count me in as well

EDIT: Unless Pakistanis are banned here too

Akshay. · May 27, 2020

Yash. · May 27, 2020

Would have loved to be in it, but can’t stay active till the end of the draft.

CerealKiller · May 27, 2020

In, as long as Pakistani players are included

Aislabie · May 27, 2020

Na Maloom Afraad said:
Count me in as well

EDIT: Unless Pakistanis are banned here too

CerealKiller said:
In, as long as Pakistani players are included

Could have all the IPL players, as well as all Pakistanis who've played more than ten T20 International matches?

Bevab · May 27, 2020

There were some Pakistanis who played in the inaugral season and one of them ended up as the leading wicket-taker. Of course they are eligible too.

@Aislabie I'm not sure of how that would work, given that only four overseas spots exist...

CerealKiller · May 27, 2020

Well, fine, i guess that works

Bevab · May 28, 2020

Wonder if some of the regulars on the Indian match threads would be interested. @SaiSrini @LiveLoveABD @Nilay_60 @Master Bates @Aalay @asprin @abhi_jacko @Bigby Wolf @EyeInTheSky

ahmedleo414 · May 28, 2020

ok, im in too... i was a little hesitant because i have not watched more than 2 ipl matches, nor am i too familiar with whos has and has not played in the ipl. but i'll give it a try

NILAYSHAH60 · May 28, 2020

I am in

asprin · May 28, 2020

Thanks for the offer. But these leagues/drafts are beyond my understanding. Hence, I stay off them for my well being

Bigby Wolf · May 28, 2020

Bevab said:
Wonder if some of the regulars on the Indian match threads would be interested. @SaiSrini @LiveLoveABD @Nilay_60 @Master Bates @Aalay @asprin @abhi_jacko @Bigby Wolf @EyeInTheSky

Will have a go in this one.

In.

LiveLoveABD · May 29, 2020

I'm in thanks to the joblessness but someone needs to tell me in short what this is about?

Draft: IPL Draft - Completed!

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